Make sure you get the right department for you... Not all departments are created or treated equal. Management in some departments listen and value what their followers are telling them, in other departments no so much. As a supervisor, that could be frustrating.

Benefits at Home do lead the industry for a reason: you will be working long hours a day and in some departments (and most job roles), seven days a week continuously. Training for supervisors is also industry leading.

Hormel does stand by their product and brand... It is what drives everything, naturally. There's nothing wrong with this; it's very refreshing to have worked for an organization that truly believes in their product/brand.

The job itself is not bad but the management is very terrible they don't like people to speak up and my job is to speak up as a quality control auditor if they don't like you they will harass and blackballed you till you leave or they build a case to fire you. Hard to have a life outside of work.

I would only recommend this place to people who want to work 7 days a week. I was told during the interview that there was only a little bit of overtime. After I was employed, my first week was 6 days. Then after that it was 7 days a week for the next two months. Absolutely no work/life balance. They have far too much work for current staffing. Very high turnover rate.

Work was easy if you expected long hours. If you work hard and earn your seniority getting the time off isn't as hard as some make it seem. Being reasonable with request knowing it's a company that has demands gets you further. HR and management are easy to communicate with. Supervisors are only as good as the floor is running. Bad day stressed supervisors.

Hormel Foods it's a good brand.I worked at the plant in Beloit ,WI for almost 4 years.employees must undergo a grueling 90 day probation period,during this time , people will have to work up to 15 hrs daily(thank god the union don't allow more than 15 hrs straight)the environment it's noisy, hot,micro-managed by several "supervisors",the working atmosphere it's that of a sweat shop management and employees are against each other because there is a union at this plant.there is a "point system" in place(9)this company gets kick-backs from the federal government by allowing employment to fellons, refugees, veterans , elderly, lgbt and other minorities.I couldn't believe that in one year period they hire more than 120 people but less than 8% stay in, the turnover of employees is gross.they try to fire people by any means at this plant. don't get hurt and get FMLA, because YOU WILL BE GONE !

Pros

great benefits, unlimited overtime

Cons

only one wk vacation on 1st year, 2 wks after 2 yrs, 3 wks after 7 years...smelly.noisy, indoors 100% and all of the above stated

If you are young with a degree, you get promoted whether you perform or not. If you're not young with a degree, you get ignored and you just fill a space. In the Fall/Winter, they work you to death. They couldn't care less about the Holidays and family time. If you're a floor person, you can forget about the Holidays. If you're higher up, you get it all. Good salary. Great insurance. You're going to earn it if you're Production Supervisor on down. Previous experience means nothing to them. If you're not "Hormel bred" and in their clique, you're nothing and you'll get nothing.

Hormel is NOT one of the best companies to work for...Forbes Magazine is wrong!

Supervisor (Former Employee) – Austin, MN – March 15, 2019

Pay and benefits were ok, was the only thing that kept me there for as long as I did. Bad managers at the plant, my direct supervisor was especially incompetent. He couldn't make a decision to save his life and felt very threatened if you knew more than he did or contradicted him in any way. As far as advancement goes, good luck. You have to either know someone, blow someone, or just be an out right sycophant in order to advance....good old boy mentality is alive and well at Hormel Foods. Hormel always brags about how good the work/life balance is, but in actuality it is not good at all....work 60+ hours a week, 35+ weekends out of the year, and get harassed when you try to take some time off.

Pros

Pay & Benefits

Cons

Long work hours, bad managers, good old boy mentality/who you know or who you blow when it comes to advancement, doesn't practice what they preach, work-life balance sucks